Around baseball: Cardinals hang another loss on Lohse

Cardinals 4, Brewers 2: Kyle Lohse was St. Louis' ace last season. Maybe the Cardinals know too much about him.

Cardinals 4, Brewers 2: Kyle Lohse was St. Louis’ ace last season. Maybe the Cardinals know too much about him.

David Freese had an RBI in a four-run fourth inning yesterday, and host St. Louis beat its former teammate for the third time this season.

John Gast (2-0) won his second straight start in place of the injured Jake Westbrook and fellow rookie Seth Maness escaped a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the seventh to help the Cardinals win for the 14th time in 17 games.

Lohse (1-5) left in free agency when the Cardinals opted to go with younger pitchers. He gave up four runs in six innings and is 0-4 in his past five starts for Milwaukee.

YESTERDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Rangers 11, Tigers 8: David Murphy’s three-run home run enabled host Texas to beat Detroit, spoiling a three-homer game by Miguel Cabrera. Murphy’s homer in a four-run sixth gave the Rangers an 8-7 lead and answered a bases-loaded double from Prince Fielder in the top of the inning that put the Tigers up by two. Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the third and a solo shot in the fifth off Newark native Derek Holland, then went deep with the bases empty in the eighth against Tanner Scheppers to close the scoring.